Late Oct can bring some real cold weather. Heat rises, cold sinks. At night the low areas around water will get colder than higher places as the cold air flows downward.
If you have a spot that might hold elk, camp downwind. As long as you avoid getting winded, you really don't have to be all that far away unless you like to sing really loud over your evening snort.
I like edges. I like to be just far enough inside to be semi-hidden. Elk will often move out of the timber at dusk to feed and you don''t want your camp where they might spot you. Stay out of the black timber where elk bed. If you scare them out of their beds, they're gone and won't be back for 2 weeks.
